Sub-Saharan Africa, 17 Dec 1899: Second Boer War
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Political map of Sub-Saharan Africa on 17 Dec 1899 (The Scramble for Africa: Second Boer War), showing the following events: Dervish State; Boer invasion of Cape Colony; Boer invasion of Natal; Battle of Umm Diwaykarat; Tripartite Convention in Africa.

Congo

Free State(union w. Bel.)

F r e n c h W e s t A f r i c a(Fr. col. fed.)

Egypt(Br. occ.)

Madagascar(Fr.)

French

Congo(Fr.)

Aden prot.(Br. Ind. prot.)

Portuguese
West
Africa(Port.)

Muscat
& Oman(Br. prot.)

Cape
Verde(Port.)

Portuguese
East
Africa(Port.)

German
East Africa(Ger.)

Br. Som.(Br. prot.)

Cape
Colony(Br.)

Anglo-
Egyptian
Sudan(Br. adm.)

East
Africa
Prot.(Br. prot.)

Benadir(It./BC)

German
South
West
Africa(Ger.)

Bechuana-
land(Br. HCT)

Uganda(Br. prot.)

North-
West
Africa(Ger. prot.)

Gold
Coast(Br.)

Sierra Leone(Br.)

Pt. Guinea(Port.)

Rio de Oro(Sp. prot.)

Comoros(Fr. prot.)

Upper
Senegal(FWA terr.)

Fr. Guinea(FWA)

Ivory
Coast(FWA)

British
Central
Africa(Br. prot.)

Hobyo(It. overs.)

Majerteenia(It. overs.)

Kongo(Port. vas.)

Agadez(Fr. vas.)

Fernando Póo(Sp.)

Rhodesia
Protectorate(Br. prot.)

Middle
Niger(FWA terr.)

Orange
Free
State

South
African
Rep.

Bulozi(semi-indep)

Nthn.
Terr.(GC prot.)

Massina(Fr. infl.)

Nyassa Co.(Port/NC)

Adamawa(Sok. vas.)

Niger
Coast(Br. prot.)

Niger River Delta(Br/RNC)

Bai-
lundo(Port. prot.)

Ashanti(Br. prot.)

Mozambique
Co.(Port/MC)

Bauchi(Sok. vas.)

Zanzibar(Br. prot.)

S.T. & P.(Port.)

Seychelles(Br.)

St. Helena(Br.)

Tristan da Cunha(Br.)

Mayotte(Fr. prot.)

Simon's Town(Br.)

Sep 1899Somali
Dervishes
declare war
on British

11 Oct 1899–17 May 1900Boers invade Cape Colony,
besiege Mafeking
and Kimberley

13 Oct 1899–28 Feb 1900Boers invade Natal,
besiege Ladysmith

Nov 1899British destroy Mahdists
at Umm Diwaykarat

Dec 1899Britain and Germany
partition West African
neutral zone

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